More government agencies have increased their use of cloud access security brokers, which offer an added protection layer between end users and providers, in an effort to help federal employees protect data while working remotely, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday.
Read More »Intact-CenturyLink Partnership Offers Cloud Services Through GSA IT Schedule
Intact has secured a five-year contract under the General Services Administration's Information Technology Schedule 70 contract through a partnership with CenturyLink to provide cloud services to government customers.
Read More »Affigent, Akima Subsidiary, Integrates Oracle Cloud Services to GSA Schedule 70; Carol Rivetti, Randy Zewe Quoted
Akima has announced that its subsidiary, Affigent, has integrated Oracle Cloud Software-as-a-Service and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services to its General Services Administration MAS Contract under SIN 518210C, the company announced on Friday.
Read More »Mythics to Offer Oracle Cloud Services, Hardware Products on GSA IT Schedule 70
A range of Oracle cloud service and computer hardware offerings has been added to Mythics' information technology portfolio for government customers under a General Services Administration contract vehicle.
Read More »US Judiciary Requests Input on Off Premise Cloud Services
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is seeking information on procuring off-premise cloud services to address information technology computing and storage requirements across the country's judiciary system.
Read More »Perspecta Gets Microsoft ‘Gold’ Certification for Cloud Support Competency; Mac Curtis Quoted
Perspecta has received gold competency certification from Microsoft for demonstrating a commitment and an ability to provide cloud computing services to government customers.
Read More »David Norquist, Acting Deputy Defense Secretary, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Handling Agency-Wide Audit and Leading the Transition to Cloud
Executive Mosaic is honored to present David Norquist, acting deputy secretary for the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his leadership and handling of the department’s agencywide audit, finances and transition to the cloud. This latest honor marks the first Wash100 award for Norquist.
Read More »ECS to Offer Access to IBM Cloud Platform; John Sankovich Quoted
ECS has been selected as an authorized provider of IBM’s public, private and hybrid cloud offerings. ECS said Thursday it will utilize its Cloud Center of Excellence platform to provide direct customer access to IBM’s cloud suite, which is integrated with artificial intelligence and advanced data technology. John Sankovich, vice …
Read More »Octo Consulting Wins $75M NIH IT Support Contract; Jay Shah Quoted
Octo Consulting has won an approximately $75M multiyear contract to support the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, which operates under the National Institutes of Health. Octo will provide IT services and ServiceNow cloud implementation support to the CBIIT to help the institute address its IT needs …
Read More »CenturyLink’s Cloud Services Available to Utah Agencies Under NASPO Procurement Vehicle
CenturyLink can now offer cloud computing platforms and managed services to Utah’s public sector organizations via multistate cooperative procurement vehicle managed by the National Association of State Procurement Officials. The company said Tuesday its software, infrastructure and platform-as-a-service offerings are available to Utah agencies as part of the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement. …
Read More »Global Data Systems, Carahsoft Partner to Offer Cloud Services Through Multi-State Procurement Contract; Wade Berzas Quoted
Global Data Systems and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer cloud services to federal, state and local government agencies and academic organizations in 15 states through the NASPO ValuePoint procurement program. GDS said Thursday its managed cloud services will help agencies modernize aging legacy systems, leverage big data and deploy …
Read More »DISA, NIST Seek Industry Feedback on Uniform Metrics for Commercial Cloud Acquisition
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s Procurement Services Directorate and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are seeking information on standardized metrics to streamline service level agreements for commercial cloud contracts. DISA posted a request for information Friday calling for industry feedback on efforts to create a catalog of metrics for …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Interview With Jennifer Chronis, General Manager, DoD, at Amazon Web Services
ExecutiveBiz spoke with Jennifer Chronis, general manager, Defense Department, about Amazon Web Services’ cloud offerings for defense and intelligence community customers, the pace of federal information technology modernization and what she sees in store for the future of cloud computing and adoption. “[The cloud] means solving problems faster, adapting to …
Read More »CSRA Adds AWS Commercial & Govt Cloud Platforms to GSA Schedule
CSRA has started to offer Amazon Web Services‘ commercial and government cloud platforms through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA said Thursday government customers can now buy AWS’ commercial and GovCloud services under Schedule 70’s cloud computing services special item number. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, said the …
Read More »CenturyLink Secures Multistate Cooperative Contract to Offer Cloud Services
CenturyLink has received a 10-year contract to offer cloud and managed services to state and local government agencies that participate in the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Wednesday the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement is awarded to cloud service providers with offerings that meet security and data protection standards. Marty Leavengood, …
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